ReadingClass
an Online Game/Blog that Explores Class in America

(2005)
Interactive Internet Art
Exhibited in Other America at Exit Art, New York City, March 5 - May 7, 2005.

Online game and blog about social class in America. A full description is included in the first image below. Reading Class is offline now but documentation is provided by these images. These images are screenshots documenting one playthrough toward the individual's class score at the end. Players would have answered the questions on the left first, and only then see the "answers" on the right, but here they are presented together for clarity. Click on an image to see a larger version with legible text.

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Intro
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Example of comments left in the blog by participants
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Viewers select their class
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What defines class
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Drinks
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Opportunity and socializing
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Charity
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Leisure time
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Comforts of the hearth
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Speaking and communicating
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Consuming, shopping, and retail
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Display and decor
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Food
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Family heritage
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Irony and camp
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Media consumption
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Nesting and home improvement
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Proclamation and public display
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Cars
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Viewer's final class "score"
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Class score in FOAF XML